fireworks

No, fireworks will NOT be banned this year in Missoula County.

Remember...no fireworks within the city limits.

Hot temperatures are drying out grasses and forests, and fire danger is increasing.

City Fire Department warns against having your own Fourth of July fireworks show, now that the mall has cancelled.

It won't be a Fourth of July many Montanans are used to this year, mainly thanks to record high temperatures and dry weather conditions.

Just hours after the county went under an "Extreme" fire danger designation, Missoula County Commissioners voted this morning, June 30, to enact Stage 1 Fire Restrictions, which will be enforced starting Thrusday morning, July 2.

Some fireworks ARE legal within the Missoula city limits, but not many.

State Forester Bob Harrington told KGVO News that the fire season of 2015 could be among the worst ever. unless the area receives some much-needed rain.

Fireworks in Hamilton are back on for the Fourth of July thanks to one local bank.

Earlier this week we found out that the city of Hamilton was going to cancel their fireworks show on the fourth of July due to a shortage of funds. Just yesterday, Farmers State Bank has stepped up and said they would supply the $3,200 so the town fireworks show could continue this year...

Fireworks stands have opened in Western Montana, and the Missoula Fire Department reminds residents that most fireworks are illegal to use within the city limits.

Temporary restrictions were put in place regarding fireworks just before the 4th of July by the Missoula City Council, but those restrictions have expired.